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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The problem isn't with doing the study or analysis. The problem is with the boundary policy that prioritizes diversity above all else. Yes, there are some wacky existing boundaries and yes, some places like Kensington seem to have fixed it so they always stay at WJ instead of Einstein. But there are more instances like PP mentioned in Gaithersburg that were done for diversity. It always was a factor but now it's the top factor. So any boundaries formed after the policy change will be even wackier.[/quote]

I know there's no convincing you of this, but MCPS has been clear that only adjacent boundaries will be adjusted and that all four factors are under consideration.

What you call "prioritizing diversity above all else" is actually just "making diversity the tie breaking vote" and that's how we've seen it play out in all of the boundary studies that have come out since the new policy was adopted. Adjustments are made based on proximity, capacity, etc. but when those are equal and MCPS has to make a decision about which neighborhood goes where, the tie-breaking vote goes to diversity.

That honestly seems pretty legitimate to me. [/quote]
Clusters become meaningless when they adjust multiple clusters all at once loo Ike for Woodward and Crown or when they do a county-wide boundary study to adjust all boundaries.

And unfortunately for you, most of the county doesn't agree that diversity should be the tie breaker.  In fact, the boundary analysis showed that diversity isn't important at all to 90% of the county.  It really should be removed entirely.[/quote]

It would be removed as a factor if the people who wanted it removed could win election to the Board of Education. The fact that they can't tells you something.[/quote]

Really? Everyone I know thinks just the opposite. We believe it should be the HIGHEST priority and well our BOE members keep winning so I think that tells you who the real majority is...[/quote]
You should travel more than 2 miles from the co-op sometime.  Then you'd encounter some diverse opinions.  [/quote]

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